The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today sanctioned eight firms in three actions for failures in their cybersecurity policies and procedures that resulted in email account takeovers exposing the personal information of thousands of customers and clients at each firm. The eight firms, which have agreed to settle the charges, are: Cetera Advisor…
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Judge John P. Cronan of the New York Southern District Court has slammed the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over the ways it has tried to effect service of its complaint against Casper Mikkelsen, who stands accused of Forex fraud. The CFTC initiated this action on May 18, 2020. The Complaint alleges that…
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Spotware, the company behind the popular cTrader platform, today announces the release of its brand new collection of FIX API examples using quickFIX/n library. The new FIX API examples consist of a console application, a WinForms application, a WPF application and an ASP .Net Core application. Console Application The console application is a simple tool…
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More than two months after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) went after Hollywood actor and producer Steven Seagal accusing him of having failed to pay the full amount of a fine for unlawful initial coin offering touting, the regulator has won the case against the Hollywood actor and producer. On August 27,…
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Travelex Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (the “New Travelex Group”) have reported financial results for the first half of 2021. For H1 2021, Travelex reported an EBITDA loss of £39.7 million (£18.7m loss in Q2) as travel restrictions eased marginally. Revenue was £54.9 million for H1 2021 (21% of 2019), 45% lower than the result…
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Online trading company Dukascopy Japan is improving trading conditions for its clients who trade on the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform. In a short notice published on its website today, the broker informs its clients that the transaction fee for MT4 trading accounts has been reduced. The changes are effective Monday, August 30, 2021. The transaction fee…
Multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade Technologies has announced that it has inked an expanded partnership with SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese leading FX infrastructure solution and liquidity provider. smartTrade will provide support for SBI FXTRADE’s cryptocurrency derivative trading operations, which complement the existing FX business of SBI Liquidity Market. As part of the agreement,…
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Leading international banking group Standard Chartered and supply chain finance technology solution provider in China Linklogis are forming a joint venture to establish Olea, a fully-digitised trade finance origination and distribution platform. Olea aims to bring together institutional investors seeking opportunities in an alternative asset class with businesses requiring supply chain financing, subject to regulatory…
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a judgment against a trader who posted false statements over Twitter and another social media site while purchasing and selling securities. According to the SEC’s complaint, Andrew L. Fassari used the Twitter pseudonym @OCMillionaire to tweet false statements about a defunct Nevada company to inflate…
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Well that didn’t take long. On the heels of a massive $75 million court order against now-defunct binary options and CFD broker AlphaBinary made just a week ago, Australia’s financial regulator ASIC issued what it calls “a product intervention order” imposing conditions on the issue and distribution of contracts for difference (CFDs) to retail clients….
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